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Voting
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Absentee and Early Voting Laws 
 Chart with state-by-state absentee voting information, including possible excuses, provision for permanent absentee voter status, and citations to statutes. From the Election Reform Information Project, administered by the University of Richmond (Virginia) and supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts. http://www.earlyvoting.net/states/abslaws.php Topics: Law by Subject, Politics Last updated Jul 9, 2008 Absentee Voter Guide
"This guide contains all the information college students need to vote by absentee ballot from school." Click on the interactive U.S. map to view absentee voting details for each state, including deadlines, dates, and contacts. Also available as a downloadable document. From the Harvard University Institute of Politics. http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Voter-Information-Center/Absentee-Voter-Guide Topics: Politics Last updated Sep 29, 2008 American National Election Studies (ANES)
ANES "produces high quality data on voting, public opinion, and political participation to serve the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, policy makers and journalists." Its website features graphs and tables on public opinion and electoral behavior (1948-2004), downloadable data, reports, and links to other election study sites. A collaboration of Stanford University and the University of Michigan. http://www.electionstudies.org/ Topics: Elections, Politics Last updated Sep 15, 2008 Capitol Spotlight
"Every weekday you can read a story by a CQ staff writer, who will write about one of the most important issues or events on Capitol Hill that day. And each day you will also get Congressional trivia from the CQ staff." The site includes a "weekly update of 'Bills to Watch,'" videos of goings-on in the House and Senate, and a database of representatives' votes back to 1996. From C-Span and Congressional Quarterly, Inc. http://www.c-span.org/capitolspotlight/ Topics: 2003 California Recall Election, Federal (U.S.) Government, Nonfiction by Genre, Politics, Politics by Place Last updated Sep 9, 2003 Citizens for Approval Voting
Website for an organization that promotes approval voting. "Approval Voting is exactly like the plurality system that is generally used in America today except for one twist: Instead of voting for any single candidate, Approval Voting allows you the option of voting for any number of candidates for a given office. The candidate who collects the most votes wins." Includes a discussion of the potential benefits of this voting system. http://approvalvoting.org Topics: Politics Last updated Apr 26, 2006 Election 2004: Voting Cases and Investigations
Collection of legal documents pertaining to voting lawsuits and investigations related to the 2004 presidential election. Covers ballot issues in battleground states (or swing states), electronic voting machine controversies, the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (McCain-Feingold), and the Texas congressional redistricting controversy. From FindLaw. http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/lit/election2004/cases.html Topics: 2004 Presidential Election, Law by Subject, Politics Last updated Nov 2, 2004 Elections ... the American Way
Introduction to the electoral system in the United States. Topics include requirements to be a presidential candidate, who can vote and how this has changed over time, the political party system, how presidents are elected (including the primary system and electoral votes), and significant issues through time. Part of a website designed for teachers from the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/election/ Topics: Elections, Politics Last updated Oct 16, 2006 Elections: How to Be an Informed Voter
Collection of links to websites with "non-partisan resources" for national elections and elections in California. Also includes links to sites about campaign finance and election reform and with past election results. From the University Library, Sonoma State University. http://library.sonoma.edu/research/subject/election.html Topics: Politics Last updated Oct 30, 2006 FairVote: IRV America
Website for an organization that advocates instant runoff voting (IRV) for elections in the U.S. Features an analysis of IRV and plurality election systems, the cost of runoff elections, and voter turnout issues. Also includes a FAQ about how IRV elections work, links to related legislation, animated teaching materials, and news about communities using IRV (such as San Francisco's ranked choice voting for supervisors in 2004). From the Center for Voting Democracy. http://www.fairvote.org/irv/ Topics: Politics Last updated Apr 24, 2006 Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP)
"This web site provides information to US citizens covered by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA)," which includes U.S. citizens who are members of the Uniformed Services and their family members, and U.S. citizens living overseas. Find postcard applications for absentee ballots, local election officials and voting assistance officers, toll-free numbers from about five dozen countries to FVAP offices in the U.S., state-by-state instructions, and tips for communicating with elected officials. http://www.fvap.gov/ Topics: Politics Last updated Jul 24, 2005 Get Out the Vote 2008
Hundreds of nonpartisan posters designed to "inspire the American public to participate in the electoral process and vote for a presidential candidate in the 2008 general election." These posters are made available as online PDFs for anyone to download, print, and post. From the AIGA (formerly the American Institute of Graphic Arts). http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/get-out-the-vote?pageNum=1 Topics: Politics Last updated Sep 15, 2008 How Design Can Save Democracy
"Earlier this year [2008], the United States Election Assistance Commission distributed guidelines [for ballots] created by professional designers to 6,000 local election officials. ... This interactive feature identifies common design problems found on optical-scan ballots from previous presidential elections and shows ways to improve clarity and vote accuracy based on the commission’s new guidelines." Presented by two member of the AIGA (formerly the American Institute of Graphic Arts). From The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/25/opinion/20080825-ballot.html Topics: Politics Last updated Sep 15, 2008 Initiative & Referendum Institute at the University of Southern California
Learn about the history of the initiative and popular referendum process and which states use the process. Includes overviews of both current and historical ballot propositions in elections nationwide and reports and studies on the initiative and referendum process in the U.S. and abroad. Also includes links to related sites. From the University of Southern California School of Law. http://www.iandrinstitute.org Topics: Politics Last updated Nov 5, 2006 Likely Rise in Voter Turnout Bodes Well for Democrats
Results from a July 2008 survey about potential voter turnout in the 2008 presidential elections. Issues addressed include Republican and Democrat engagement in the 2008 campaign, issues and candidate traits, and "McCain's enthusiasm gap, [and] Obama's unity gap." From the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. http://people-press.org/report/436/obama-mccain-july Topics: 2008 Presidential Election, Politics Last updated Sep 15, 2008 The Online NewsHour: Vote 2006
Background, news, and analysis about the November 2006 elections, with coverage of U.S. House and Senate and state governor races. Features profiles of candidates, reports related to the candidates and races, overviews of key issues (such as Iraq and gay marriage) and lesson plans and other material for students and teachers. From Online NewsHour, a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) program. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2006/ Topics: Politics Last updated Oct 23, 2006 Overseas Vote Foundation
"Overseas Vote Foundation (OVF) helps overseas and military voters participate in federal elections. We do this by providing public access to innovative voter registration tools and services." Users can register to vote at this site and find alerts about the voting process as well as state-specific elections and absentee registration deadlines. http://www.overseasvotefoundation.org Topics: Politics Last updated Nov 30, 2007 Project Vote Smart
Tracks the performance of more than 40,000 office holders and candidates for public office. Resources include voting records, issues information, background information, campaign finances and performance evaluations made by over 100 liberal to conservative special interest groups, and other directories of political information. A great feature is the ability to type in your ZIP code and get back information on all your representatives, state and federal, including biographical, address, committee assignments, etc. http://www.votesmart.org/ Topics: 2003 California Recall Election, Federal (U.S.) Government, Government, Notable People: Government, Politics, Politics by Place Last updated Dec 6, 2008 Punk Voter
"Punk bands, musicians, and record labels have built a coalition to educate, register and mobilize progressive voters." The site features political and election news and columns, political cartoons, and information about voting, aimed primarily at 18- to 24-year-olds. Includes links to other sites of interest and sticker and flyer downloads. http://www.punkvoter.com/ Topics: 2003 California Recall Election, Activism, Musical Genres, Musicians, Politics Last updated Mar 16, 2004 SHRM: Get Out the Vote [2008]
Website for this "non-partisan effort intended solely to get more Americans to exercise their constitutional right to vote in November's elections. Get Out the Vote is designed to help HR [human resource] professionals motivate co-workers to register and vote." Includes tips on starting a get out the vote campaign in the workplace, a list of state voter registration deadlines, and links to other voter education websites. From the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). http://www.shrm.org/advocacy/gotv/default.asp Topics: Politics Last updated Sep 15, 2008 U.S. Census Bureau: Voting and Registration
Data on "various demographic and socioeconomic characteristics is collected for the nation in November of congressional and presidential election years in the Current Population Survey (CPS). ... Projections of the voting-age population by age, race, Hispanic origin, and gender derived from administrative data are also produced every other year in anticipation of the elections." Also has data back to 1964 by race, Hispanic origin, sex, age, region, educational attainment, and labor force. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting.html Topics: Politics, Statistics, The United States Presidency Last updated Sep 7, 2003 United States Election Assistance Commission
Website for this "independent, bipartisan commission created by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002. ... It issues guidance about HAVA, adopts voluntary voting system guidelines, audits the use of HAVA funds, and provides best practices and resources to election officials throughout the nation." Find background material, information for election officials and voters, documents on voting system certification, reports, and related resources. Background documents also available in Spanish. http://www.eac.gov/ Topics: Politics Last updated Jul 3, 2008 Voter Turnout
Collection of research and commentary on voter turnout and 2008 U.S. presidential election results. Topics include evangelical voters, the youth vote, the myth of a toss-up election, how and when experience in a president counts, and voter mobilization. From the Brookings Institution. http://www.brookings.edu/topics/voter-turnout.aspx Topics: 2008 Presidential Election, Politics Last updated Sep 15, 2008 Voting
This site explains how votes are interpreted when one political candidate does not win a majority in an election. Topics addressed include plurality, run-offs, and the Borda method (named after 18th century Jean-Charles de Borda), a ranking system which assigns a certain number of points to each place. Includes examples. From the Washington State University Department of Mathematics. http://www.sci.wsu.edu/math/Lessons/Voting/ Topics: Politics Last updated Apr 26, 2006 Voting Outreach Through Education
Election and voting education resources (general and Washington state-specific) for kindergarten through 12th grade students. Includes games and electronic greeting cards, civics lessons, information about Vote America educational programs and opportunities, and lesson plans for parents and teachers. From the Washington Secretary of State. http://www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/outreach/ Topics: Government, K-12 Education, Lesson Plans, Politics, Washington State: Families, Washington State: Government Last updated Oct 28, 2004 Voting Section Home Page
"The Voting Section is an office within the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice charged with enforcement of federal voting right statutes." The site provides an introduction to federal voting rights laws and information about overseas voting, voting discrimination, felon disfranchisement, Motor Voter Registration, and other issues related to voting and elections in the United States. Also provides links to applicable laws. http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/ Topics: Law by Subject, Politics Last updated Aug 16, 2004 Voting Systems (California)
Information includes which voting systems are in place in California counties, how to use them, which are certified for use in the state's elections, approved manufacturers, proposed federal standards, and minutes of public meetings following the passage of Proposition 41 (establishing a Voting Modernization Board). http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_vs.htm Topics: 2003 California Recall Election, California: Politics, Politics Last updated Aug 7, 2007 Who Votes, Who Doesn't, and Why: Regular Voters, Intermittent Voters, and Those Who Don't
This October 2006 report of survey results about American voting habits and views provides data on topics such as factors affecting whether people vote, views of country and community, and demographics of voters and non-voters (both registered and not registered). Includes a summary of findings and the full report. From the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. http://people-press.org/report/292/who-votes-who-doesnt-and-why Topics: Politics Last updated Jul 8, 2008 The World Factbook: Field Listing — Suffrage
A list of countries with their voting eligibility requirements. From "The World Factbook," published annually by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2123.html Topics: Politics, Politics by Place Last updated May 26, 2007 |
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